Wire cable, socket, and coupling.



G. STEVBNSON.

WIRE GABLE AND ooUPLING.

APPLICATION FILED HB. 30, 1'910.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

Attorneys 'CHARLES srnvENsoN, or coimoroLIs,` :PENNSYLVANIA WIRE CABLE, SOCKET, AND OOUPLING.

To all twhom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES STEvENsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coraopolis, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Wire Cable, Socket, and Coupler, of which the following is a specification.l

It is the object of this invention to provide a device whereby a cable end may readily be connected with a fixed support of any sort; and with this end in view, theoinvention consists in providin a novel means for connecting the cable en with an attaching structure, and in adapting the attaching structure to be connected with a ixed support, and to be locked in place thereon.

ln the drawings, Figurel is a side elevation, parts being brokenvaway; Fig. 2 is a top plan; Fig. 3 is a transverse section upon the line A-B of Fig. l; and, Fig. 4 1s a gansverse section upon the line C-D of i .1. The invention includes, as a primaryv and fundamental element, a socket 1, upon one end of which there isan integrally formed, open sided link 2. At one end, this link 2 is'provid'ed with an outstanding finger 3, and at the other end, with spaced arms 4.

The space between the ends of the link is bridged by a tongue 5, having at one end a finger 6 adapted to register between the arms 4 of the link 2, and at the other end rovided with arms 7, between which'the nger 3 of the link is adapted to be received. Upon either side of its finger 3, the

' link 2 is beveled, in its end faces as denoted by the numeral 8, the corresponding end of the tongue 5 being likewise beveled, to prevent the .tongue from moving within the contour of the link. A pivot element 9 is extended through the arms 4 of the link,

and through the finger 6 of the tongue 5A which is located between said arms. Upon this pivot element 9, the tongue 5 is adapted to tilt, the free end of the tongue beingretained by a locking pin 10 of any desired construction, which is extended through the arms 7 of the tongue 5 and through the finger 3 of the link 2. In case this locking in 10 is not threaded, it may be retained m place by a spring plate 11, held against the outer face of the tongue 5 by means of a Screw 12 or the like, the head o f which is adaptedto bear against the outwardly convexed portion 14 of the spring' plate 11. The free end of the ,spring plate 11 bears ySpecilication of Letters Patent.

Application led March 30, 1910. Serial No. 552,320.

.ing as shown at 20. This flare at 20 Patented New. i, raie.

against the end of the locking pin 10, and the convexity in the s ring plate, denoted by the numeral 14, tends to increase the re siliency of the spring plate and to enhance its bearing eEect against the end of the locking pin 10. A

There is an axial opening in the socket l and this opening,.as denotedl by the numeral 15, is preferably threaded. A bushing 16 is threaded to enga e the threaded portion 15 of the socket, an this bushing is adapted to be inserted into the socket at that end of the axial opening therein which is adjacent the link 2.

There is an axial opening through the bushing 16 and, adjacent the outer end of the bushing, this axial opening is flared, as shown at 17. A cable 18 may be extended through the opening in the bushing 16, the

cable, at its extremity, being stranded, or otherwise enlarged as yshown at 19, to fit in the flared portion 17 ofthe bushing 16.

That end of the socket 1 which is remote from the link 2 is aredvin its axial openermits a molten: metal, Babbitt or the likel to be readilyI poured into the interior of the socket' 1 about the cable 18. The bushing 16 serves, not only as a means for retaining the end of the cable 18, but, as well, as a closure whereby the molten metal which is poured into the interior of the socket may be prevented from flowing entirely therethrough.

When the molten metal is in place within the interior of the socket 1, the metal will be engaged in the threaded face 15 of the socket. Thus, when the device is assembled in its completed form, the socket 1, the cable 18, and the bushing 16 will be held securely in place by the molten metal 21, as soon as the same has cooled within the socket.

The device is capable of a wide variety of applications, which will readily suggest themselves to a rigger. It is obvious that by opening the `tongue 5, the link v2 may be made to engage an eye-bolt or the like, whereby the cable 18 may be secured to a derrick or like support.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A device of the class described comprising an internally threaded socket; la bushing housed entirely within the contour of the socket and threaded to engage the the socket through which the flexible elenient protrudes, whereby the threads may serve to retain a packing labout the flexible element.

2. A device of .the class described comrising an internally threaded socket; a gushing threaded to t within the socket and having an opening flared adjacent the outer face of the bushing; a cable inserted through the socket and through 'the bushing and having its end enlarged for engagement inthe flaring portion o the opening in thebushlng; and a packing resting against the bush-l ing and engaged in the threads of the socket 'and compressed about the cable; the end of the socket remote from the bushing being flared to provide flor the insertion of the A packing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto ailixed my signature Witnesses:

W. S. RAMSEY, J. W. HECK. 

